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Running a business from home in Rosemead

A home business may use at most 200 square feet, only full-time residents may work there, and it needs a Home Occupation Business License.

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Key points

  • Home businesses: A home business may use at most 200 square feet, only full-time residents may work there, and it needs a Home Occupation Business License.

Each rule below links to the section of the Rosemead Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Rosemead's code says

Rosemead code What Rosemead's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 200 square feet of the home.
    § 5.41.090 · code text
    No more than two hundred (200) square feet of the residence shall be employed for the use of the home occupation.
Employees
  • Only full-time residents of the home may be employees.
    § 5.41.090 · code text
    Any employees associated with the home occupation must be full-time residents of the dwelling.
  • No more than 1 cottage food employee.
    Applies: Cottage food operations. Family or household members of the operator do not count.
    § 5.41.110 · code text
    No greater than one cottage food employee, as defined by California Health and Safety Code Section 113758(b)(1), and not including a family member or household member of the cottage food operator, shall be permitted on the premises of the cottage food operation.
Permit
  • A Home Occupation Business License is required.
    Applies: Home occupations other than cottage food operations.
    § 5.41.060 · code text
    An application for a Home Occupation Business License shall be denied for any of the following reasons:
  • Business license approval is required.
    Applies: Cottage food operations.
    § 5.41.110 · code text
    All cottage food operations shall be required to obtain approval of a business license in accordance with the provisions of the chapter and shall conform to the following standards and regulations:

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A home business may use at most 200 square feet, only full-time residents may work there, and it needs a Home Occupation Business License.

General information, not legal advice.

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